CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. – On Sept. 26 and 27, approximately 20 Letterkenny Army Depot firefighters joined several Chambersburg Fire Department firefighters to complete a rope rescue training course in ...

Greenwood Fire Department improves rescue operations with Duke Energy grant and specialized rope rescue training.

In the world of rope rescue, we use mechanical advantage systems really for two reasons. The first being a force increasing tool and the second, a means of reducing the weight of a load during a ...

In the May 2025 issue of Firehouse, we discussed roof rope operations and what those types of incidents bring to the table (“Roof Rope Operations and Training ...

Kern County firefighters used a rope rescue system and a stokes basket to carry a person whose vehicle plunged 60 to 100 feet down a ravine to safety near Wofford Heights on Friday. It happened at ...

A group of first responders used a rope pulley system to hoist five stranded tourists more than 200 feet out of the Grand Canyon Caverns in Arizona after the elevator broke down on Sunday, according ...

Firefighters used a rope rescue system to bring a patient out of the Kern River Canyon early Wednesday. Just after 5 a.m. Kern County firefighters were dispatched to a report of a vehicle over the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Fire & Rescue crews set up a rope rescue system Thursday evening to help a man who fell over a railing and down a steep cliff off of Terwilliger Boulevard in Southwest ...

VALPARAISO, IN — AMKUS Rescue Systems, an industry leader in providing cutting edge hydraulic extrication equipment and rescue systems to emergency responders worldwide, announces its intent to ...

Fire and rescue personnel used a system of ropes to rescue a woman from the bank of the Piscataquog River after she had reportedly jumped from a West Manchester bridge Saturday morning, fire officials ...